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Employment Cost Index barely rises in Q2. NEW YORK, July 31- U.S. The Employment Cost Index, the broadest measure of labor costs, rose 0.2 percent, marking the smallest increase in the index's 33- year history, the U.S. Labor Department reported.

Worries over Europe's debt problems are taking a toll on U.S. markets, explains Richard Steinberg, Steinberg Global Asset Management, president & CIO, discussing where investors can increase returns on their investments by using higher dividend strategies.

CNBC's Rick Santelli and Steve Liesman break down the latest numbers on jobless claims and its impact on the markets, with Jim Iuorio, TJM Institutional Services and Jeremy Siegel, University of Pennsylvania professor.

Wall Street strategists are the most negative they've been on stocks since the bull market began more than three years ago. But many traders actually see it as a contrarian sign to invest in the market.

The greenback and the U.S. bond market are headed for a collapse as the Federal Reserve loses the ability to service the nation’s debt with “artificially low” interest rates, Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital told CNBC on Wednesday.

Goldman Sachs is turning increasingly bearish on the U.S. economy, expecting the nation to have added only 125,000 new jobs in April, as the effects of a warm winter, which buoyed employment late last year, wear off.